republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2025a/hb-25-1285.md

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Bill	Veterinary Workforce Requirements	The act establishes and modifies requirements related to the practice of veterinary medicine by a veterinary professional associate (VPA). In November 2024, voters in Colorado approved Proposition 129, which established the role of VPAs and permits VPAs, starting on January 1, 2026, to practice veterinary medicine under certain circumstances. The act specifies how an individual can register as a VPA in Colorado and clarifies the circumstances under which a VPA can practice veterinary medicine.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2025A	HB 25-1285	Colorado HB 25-1285 (2025A)	bill		enacted	Byron Pelton Cathy Kipp Dusty Johnson Karen McCormick	9	15	4	2025-02-24T07:00:00+00:00	2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4c7bf4ef-dd24-42e5-b6ec-79027afa2514	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1285	db92535de9d0de96e1379f2fb7110d8216fc53d0212cb59b077caa5299bb4a29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 25-1285 (2025A) — Veterinary Workforce Requirements

The act establishes and modifies requirements related to the practice of veterinary medicine by a veterinary professional associate (VPA). In November 2024, voters in Colorado approved Proposition 129, which established the role of VPAs and permits VPAs, starting on January 1, 2026, to practice veterinary medicine under certain circumstances. The act specifies how an individual can register as a VPA in Colorado and clarifies the circumstances under which a VPA can practice veterinary medicine.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/25/2025) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/29/2025) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/24/2025) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/11/2025) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (03/26/2025) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (04/09/2025) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/08/2025) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (05/30/2025) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCUR — 50–11 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 32–2 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 50–15 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 50–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Byron Pelton — primary (person)
• Cathy Kipp — primary (person)
• Dusty Johnson — primary (person)
• Karen McCormick — primary (person)
• A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
• C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
• D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
• E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
• J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
• J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• L. García — cosponsor (person)
• L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• R. English — cosponsor (person)
• R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
• S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
• W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-05-30T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources introduction
• 2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2025-03-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-02-24T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c7bf4ef-dd24-42e5-b6ec-79027afa2514. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).